privative

privative: in gram., prīvātīvus: Gell. 13, 22, extr. Also, prīvans, ntis: suggested by Cic. Top. 11, 48, as = Gr. οτερητικός. (Or. expr. by verb: the prefix in has a p. force, praepositio IN privat verbum ea vi quam haberet si IN praepositum non fuisset, Cic.)